The Honorable Apefa'i Taifane Director American Samoa Dept. of Agriculture American Samoa Government Executive Offie Building, Utulei Territory of American Samoa Pago Pago, AS 96799 Phone: 011-684-699-1497 Fax: 011-684-699-4031

American Samoa (Samoan: Amerika Samoa or Samoa Amelika) is a U.S. unincorporated territory located in the south Pacific Ocean southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa. The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila, with the Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 300 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau.